Jordan and Tyler, two colored men, followed. They open, one man at the piano, the other, playing a ‘cello, with green flood lights, playing a slow number, with several other slow numbers following this one, played on violins, and they close with a couple of aged popular numbers. The violinist is a cracker-jack player, and is capable of doing better, while the pianist plays with enthusiasm, and the audience being to let their interest go astray. They walked off just as they came on.
Dorothy Morris Trio started the fuss. Miss Morris, an excellent toe dancer, with personality and a fine repertoire of dances, making a change in dainty costume for each number, danced her way to several curtains. She is assisted by two girls who also do toe dancing, but lack the finish Miss Morris displays.
The Palderns, two girls and a man, ended the frolic by some up-to-date hand-to-hand and head-to-head tricks, finishing with a risley stunt with the assistance of an aeroplane, not having one walkout go on the books against them.
McKay’s Scotch Revue, with two men and seven girls, in full stage, followed. They dance and sing in Scottish style, all wearing kilts, a feature of the act being the comedienne, who in sterling voice sang several selections, each getting good returns. They all do their bit on making the act one of the best Scotch acts seen here in many a month.
Coleman and Ray promised much on their opening, but failed to come through. The girl opens with a song before a pretty special cloth, setting, the man making his entrance for a ventriloquial bit, having some very good gags and fairly good as a ventriloquist; but they both miss showmanship. On walking off the man takes the dummy by the hand and they both walk off, the dummy taking step with the man. This seemed to strike the audience, getting a good hand.
Sam Lee, in Chinese makeup and costume, with a special drop in “one,” plays several popular numbers on a shepherd horn, then plays a novel one-string fiddle and closes, playing a few patriotic numbers on a small xylophone, walking off to almost nothing.
Rose Sheldon and Brother started it with some nifty hand-to-hand and head-to-head balancing, with a little loop and bail juggling intermixed while accomplishing the stunts, all of these getting solid hands. The man wears a sport suit and the woman wears a dainty blue costume, and they work together with ease, setting this turn out as an opener for the two-a-day.
Little Lord Roberts, with the assistance of a man in Santa Claus garb and a special setting, sang five songs, most of these being parodies of popular numbers, with a short dance following each of these and a change for every song. He copped the applause honors, but not on his merit as of old.
Maurice Samuels, a comedy skit with two men and a girl, Samuels doing Wop character, opens in full with a set of the inside of a flower store, later going to “ons” for a few minutes to talk, and then returning to full stage, having several heartthrobs throughout the playlet, makes four very pretty changes in costume. They were heavily bombarded with applause.
Nora Allen and Company, her company a short, chubby man at the piano, not even getting a chance to show himself up, just pleased. She has a voice worth listening to, but sings four selection not of her style, and could do much better with numbers that are of her {bra?}; however, she closed singing “The Love Nest,” taking her off successfully.
